Austin v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Claimant filed a petition in the Court of Claims, June 5, 1883, alleging that Sterling T. Austin, of the parish of Carroll, in the State of Louisiana, died in that State July 9,1879; that March 20, a.d. 1883, claimant was duly appointed administratrix of the estate of said decedent, and duly qualified as such; and that her letters of administration were in full force. The petition set up an act of Congress, approved March 3, 1883, c.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Claimant filed a petition in the Court of Claims, June 5, 1883, alleging that Sterling T. Austin, of the parish of Carroll, in the State of Louisiana, died in that State July 9,1879; that March 20, a.d. 1883, claimant was duly appointed administratrix of the estate of said decedent, and duly qualified as such; and that her letters of administration were in full force. The petition set up an act of Congress, approved March 3, 1883, c. Ill, 22 Stat. 804, entitled “ An act for the relief of the representatives of Sterling T. Austin, deceased,” which referred the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee
An act amending the act establishing the Court of Claims was approved March 3, 1863, c. 92, which by its tenth section prescribed a limitation of six years on the prosecution of claims, and in its twelfth section provided “ that in order to authorize the said court to render a judgment in favor of any claimant, if a citizen of the United States, it shall be set forth in the petition that the claimant, and the original and every prior owner thereof where the claim has been assigned, has at all times borne- true allegiance to the government of the United States, and whether a citizen or not,…
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